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ANTON KOLASSA, OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

MACHINE-TOOL.

Application filed February Specification of Letters Patent.

8, 1912. Serial No. 676,325.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTON KOLASSA, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Vienna, in the Empire of Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ma Ellil'lB-TOOlS, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

In order to produce an accurate boring, punching or stamping of a series of holes in rolled metal or the like, without first having to center the same, adjusting devices have hitherto been applied to machines of this class, by means of which, either the piece of work or the tool was ed to a predetermined position, so that the hole would be bored exactly at the required position. In machine tools of this class, it is of the greatest importance that the distance apart of the holes does not vary even to the extent of the fraction of a millimeter, so that in subsequently fitting the parts together the holes of the various'members will register exactly. This accurate registering of the holeswhether the work was move past the tools-drills or the like-0r the latter moved over the fixed piece of work-has been attained, in connection with the known machine tools, by means of a series of stops arranged on detachable rails, in accordance with the series of holes to be produced and with which a series of vertically movable sleeves are adapted to cooperate. These sleeves were mounted either on the carriage for the piece of work or for the drilling mechanism and could only be moved on to the stops of the rail when .the sleeve was in exact alinement with the stop. These machines were adjusted by hand, and the attendant had to effect the proper adjustment of the sleeve and stop each time by hand, so that the machine required constantattention. Thus the working of these machine tools was comparatively complicated and expensive as also slow, because the attendant could only supervise the boring of a single hole at one time.

The machine tool forming the object of the present invention works entirely auto so that when t-he stops have once been adjusted on the rail and the piece of work has been adjusted and clamped, it is only necessary to start the machine, when the 'hole series ofholes,adjusted on the will be produced in the desired positions In connection with the present machine it is first accurately adjustd operate with the stops,

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also possible to employ a plurality of the boring or other tools which operate on one and the same piece of work, whichgreatly increases the speed of the work. The holes may be bored atdifterent distances apart in one and the same piece of work and each tool may be independently and automatically stopped, so that great economy in labor is attained.

In order to render the present specification easily intelligible, reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which similar letters andnumerals of reference denote similar parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic front view of one form of embodyin the invention Fig, 2- a section on line A- of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 a section on line A-E of Fi 1 drawn on .a larger scale, Fig. 4 a plan 0 the main driving shaft and adjacent parts, Fig. 5 a diagrammatic plan of the driving mechanism for various parts of the machine, Fig. 6a front view of the main driving shaft and the stops, Fig. 7 a view of the sleeves which co- Fig. 8 aplan view of Fig. 7 Fig. 9a side elevation artly in section of the adjusting sleeve an its connection with the coupling device ofthe main driving shaft, Fig. 10 a horizontal section on line HK of Fig. 3, Fig. 11 a front view of a partof the drill and drill holder and the parts -cooperating therewith, and Fig. 12 a detail view of the shaft and its bearings serving to move the drill up and down, Fig. 13 illustrates a piece of work consisting of an angle iron with platesand flat iron in connection therewith and Fig. 1&-

shows the rail provided with, the stops, as it .is adjusted to produce the desired series .0

holes, away from the machine and while the latter is running. Y Y The drawing illustrates a drilling machinein which the work is clamped to the bed and the drill headstocks are adapted to \move over the work. v

At each end of the bed a to which the piece'of work wis clamped (Fig. 3) a guideway I) is provided on which the standards 0 are mounted to slide. These latter are moved and adjusted to the required position by means of screw spindles 6 (Figs. 1, 2 and 5), the said spindles being simultaneously turned by hand or by machine power as desired (Fig. 5). 'As will be seen from Fig. 2, the standards 0 are slotted as at I throughout the greater part of theirheight, a car Patented Dec.3,1912.

riage 0? being guided in the said slots, extending across the bed and being vertically adjust-able on screw spindles g, operated together by means of suitable gearing and shafts f by hand or machine power. The whole carriage d may then be raised and lowered at will together with all parts attached thereto. The bevel gears g transmitting rotation from the shaft 1 to the spindles g are mounted to travel along the former to accommodate the movement of the standards 0 along their guideways, thebevel gears traveling along keys of the shafts f.

The main driving shaft is for the drilling mechanism m (Fig. 1) is mounted on the carriage d and derives its motion from a horizontal shaft 71- driven from any suitable source of power, through the medium of a vertical shaft 2' and bevel gearing. In this case also the bevel gearing transmittin motion from shaft h to i is adapted to fof low the movement of the standard 0 as will be readily understood, the bevel Wheel moving on a long key of the shaft h. A similar connection is made between the bevel gears j and the vertical shaft 2' to enable these gears to follow the vertical movement of the carriage d. The shaft 70 serves to operate all the automatic devices in connection with the machine.

A groove n of T-shaped cross section extends across the carriage d and bearings a for the rail p are adjustable therein. The rail ;0 is detachably mounted in the bearing 0 and carries the set of adjustable and detachable stops 9, which serve to arrest the drilling mechanisms in the exact, required positions. The stops consist of sleeves 95 fitting the rail 12 and adapted to be fixed thereon by means of set screws or the like each sleeve having a downwardly projecting finger with a tapered lower end for the urpose hereinafter set forth.

T e carriage d is provided with guide ways over which the guide shoes 2 of the drilling machine engage. The latter is adapted to slide along the carriage d and carries a slide 10 mounted on a dovetail guideway 11.; This slide 10 is adapted to move toward and from the carriage a and carries the drill holder 12 mounted in bearings 13, 14. The drill holderand with it, 'the drill are driven from the shaft is by means of a bevel gear 4 engaging a gear3 mounted on a vertically. dlsposed spindle, which transmits motion (Fig. 3) by means of bevel gears 5 to a horizontal shaft 6. This latter in its turn drives a gear 16' by means of two cog wheels 7 and 8, and the bevel gear 16 drives a bevel gear 9, mounted by means of a suitable key to slide vertically on the drill holder spindle 12. The drill spindle 12'is mounted to rotate in a sleeve 17 (Fig. 11) provided with a vertical rack on the spindle 12 but adapted to follow its vertical movements. A vertical rod 22 (Fig. 3) passes through the collar 20 and is adj ustable in the same by means of a set screw 21. The rod 22 passes through a guide hole in an arm 23 mounted on the slide 10 and above the arm it is provided with a spring 24 which acts against a collar on the said rod 22 to norm-a ly press the rod upwardly. The rack 18 of the sleeve 17 is in engagement with a gear 25 (Fig. 11) which meshes with a gear 26 of a spindle 27 (Fig. 10). .A worm wheel 28 is mounted on the spindle 27, which normally engages with a worm 29 (Fig. 12). The spindle 27 is also provided with a hand wheel 30 by means of which the vertical position of the drill spindle may be adjusted by hand if necessary. The worm 29 is mounted on a shaft 31 connected by means of a universal joint or the like with a shaft 32 and both these shafts are driven by means of belts 33 and 34 (Fig. 3) from a belt pulley 35 mounted to slide on the shaftv 6. The worm 29 of the shaft 31 is normally held in engagement with the worm wheel 28 by means of a bell crank lever 36 (Fig; 11), which engages with its hook-37 under the end of a lever 38, the

pivot of which is axially in line with the center line of the universal joint of the shafts 31, 32, so that shaft 31 will always have the same swing as the lever 38. The

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drawn downwardly by means of a spring 39. The bell crank lever 36 extends with one arm into the path of movement of the rod- 22,

which is coupled to the drill spindle 12. When the lower end of the rod 22 (strikes the free arm of the bell crank lever 36,

this lever which is normally spring-heldin the position shown in Fig. 11, will be moved so that its hook will release the of the lever 38, so that the end 0 thesaid pngection 37 lever 38, which supports the shaft 31 will be swung downwardly by means of the,

sprlng 39, and the worm 29 will be disengaged from the worm wheel 28, as. will be seen from Figs. 3- and 10 to 12 inclusive. A

rod 40 is linked to the lever 38, which extends upwardly and is connected to one arm of the rocking shaft 41. This rock shaft'4l has keyed to it a lever 44 (Fig. 6), which is linked to the rod 42, the upper end of which is attached to a vertically reciprocator cen tering bolt 43; p I

The bolt 43 (Fig. 4) is provided with an oval recess at the top, which cooperates with the stops 9. The smaller diameter of this oval recess of the centering bolt 43 fits ex- ,actly over the finger 45 of the stop, so that when the parts are brought into connection,

' bolt to the rod 42 extends through a vertical nism to the left (Fig. 1) i. 6. it returns the mechanism to. its initial position. The centering bolt 43 is further provided with a tappet 63, which is about at right angles '0 the tappet 47 and also extends through a slot in the sleeve 46 (Fig. 7). The tappet 63 lies somewhat higher than 47 and extends into the path of movement of the lever 64, which is mounted to swing on a carrier arm extending from the sleeve 46. Mounted in the same carrier arm by the aid of a collar 68 is a vertical shaft 67 (Figs. 7 and 8). The double-arm lever'64 is linked by means of a rod 65 to a collar 66 mounted on the finger 45 of the stop will center the bolt exactly on the same. The bolt 43 slides in a sleeve 46 and the pin connecting the said slot in the said sleeve. The bolt 43 is provided with a tappet 47 which extends through a vertical slot in the sleeve 46. In the path of movement of the tappet 47 (Fig. 9) a pawl 48 pivoted to an angle lever 49 is adapted to extend and is held against the sleeve 46 by means of a spring. The angle lever 49 is also provided with a spring which has a tendency to raise the arm of the said angle lever, which is pivoted to the i pawl 48. A rod 50 is linked to the upper end a sleeve 66 which is vertically movable on of the angle lever 49, the opposite end of the shaft 67 and carries a horizontally exwhich is attached to a coupling clutch 51. tending lever 69. The sleeve 66 is keyed to other,

the shaft 67, so that when the lever 69 is turned, the shaft 67 will also be turned, while the collar will turn on the sleeve 66 so that the link 65 will remain in proper connection with the double-arm lever 64. Normally the rod 65 and with it the lever 69 are held down by a spring 7 0, so that the lever 69 will be out of the way of the projection 71 of the stop (1.

A lever 72 is keyed to the lower end of the shaft 67 and rocks with it, said lever being connected by a spring 7 3 to a bell crank lever 74 the free end of which engages under an arm 75 of a lever bearing 76 pivotally supported on the drill frame at 77 and normally pressed downwardly by means of a spring 87. The spindle of a worm 78 is mounted in the bearing lever, the said spindle being connected by means of a universal joint or the like 79 with a shaft 80 mounted in stationary bearings and driven by a belt. 81 from a belt pulley on the shaft 7t (Fig. 4). Normally the end of the shaft carrying the worm 78 is lowered so that the worm is not in engagement with the worm wheel 82. lhe worm engages the worm wheel only when the shaft 67 has been turned so as to raise the bearing lever 76 by means, of the bell crank lever 74. The worm wheel 82 is mounted on the same shaft as the gear 8?, which meshes with a rack 84 mounted on the centering bolt 43 (Fig. 9). The rack 84 projects through a slot of the housing 46 to enable the gear 83 to engage it. Y The shaft of the worm 7 8 is retained in its raised position by means of the hook of a lever 85 which engages under a projection oft-he bearing lever 76. The upper end of the lever 85 is bent toward the centering bolt and it extends into the path of movement of the projection 86 of the said bolt. This projection is advantageously set at right angles to the tappet 63 and also extends through a slot of the sleeve 46. The projection 86 strikes the up er end of the The latter slides on the shaft 70 and may be moved from its disengaged position to en gage the clutch on the bevel wheel 52 or the bevel wheel 53. Normally the clutch is in the position illustrated in Fig. 6 and out of engagement, so that it will merely rotate with the shaft 7.". without turning either of the bevel gears 52, 53. The coupling clutch as also the gears 52 and 53 are adapted to slide on a shaft 70 and the wheels and their couplings are mounted on arms of the drill head-stop, so that all these parts will follow the movement of the drilling machine along the shaft 70. The bevel gears 52 and 53 are both in engagement with a horizontal bevel gear 54 (Figs. 4 and 6), which is mounted on a vertical shaft. This shaft, which is also mounted in the frame of the drilling mechanism, has a bevel gear 55 mounted at its lower end, which meshes with a gear-56 of a horizontal shaft 57. This latter shaft, which is also mounted in the frame of the drilling mechanism extends beneath the carriage d and at about the center of the latter is provided with a gear 58 (Fig. 3), which engages a rack 59 extending along the length of the carriage d, a slot being provided in the drill frame through which the said gear extends. When one of the gears 52 or 53 is coupled by the clutch 51, the gear 58 will be turned by means of a shaft 70 and gearing 54, 55, 56, 57, so that -the frame of the drilling machine will be moved along the carriage in one direction or the according to which gear 52 or 53 is engaged by the said clutch'51. A doublearm lever 60, pivotally mounted at 61 is linked to the clutch 51 and extends upwardly into the path, of movement of a stop 62 (Fig. 9) mounted on the rail p and this lever 60 serves to draw the clutch 51 into engagement with'the clutch of the gear 53, when the drilling machine has reached the end of its operative path, 11. 6. when it has passed the proper predetermined number of stops (1. This operation of the coupling to lever 85 when the centering olt moves upcouple the gear 53 to the shaft 70 has the wvardly and rocks the said lever so that the effect of moving the whole drilling mechahook at its lower end releases the bearing lever 76, which falls under the influence of its spring 87 and thus disengages the worm 78 from the worm wheel 82.

roll is horizontally adjustable on .the 9 9-'b In boring holes in angle and other irons, it is of great importance that "the holes are bored at a certain distance from the edge of' the work or from the back of the angle. Assuming the work to be clamped and the drillingmechani'sm to' be rigid in its ovement to and from the work, this dim sion, 2'. e. the distance between the edge of the work and the center of the hole would vary if the angle-iron or other piece of work were not-exactly straight. In many cases the iron or other rolled metal is not quite straight so that the distance of the center of the holes from the work would not always be accurate. In order to compensate any inaccuracies in this respect, the slide 10 carrying the drill spindle is adjustable on the guides 11, in a measure which is dependent on the edge of the work in ques? tion from which the distance of the holes to be bored is measured. With this object in view, one of the guides 11 is provided with a rack 96 (Fig. 3) in which a gear 100 (Fig. 10) engages, which is mounted on a shaft 97.'- I

The shaft 97 is mounted in the slide 10 and carries, loosely mounted thereon a lever 93 while a handwheel 91 is keyed to the said shaft. If the hand wheel 91 is turned the gear 100 on the shaft 97 will cooperate with the rack 96 and thus adjust the position of the slide 10 with the whole drilling mechanism, which movement of the mechanism will be enabled by the sliding mounting of all the power transmitting members on their respective shafts. Thelower part of the slide 10 is developed to the form of a disk 98 which is inclosed .in a casing '99 adapted to be clamped to thesaid disk by means of a set screw. 1 The casing carries an arm 99 havinga vertically adjustable spindle 99* therein carrying a roll 90 at the lower end thereof adapted to run along the edge of the angle; iron or. other work being done. The

arm y means of a screw spindle 90. When th'eflmachine commences working the roll 90 is adjusted to the distance of the holes from d the edge of the work. Owing to the arrangement of the disk 98 and the housing 99 the guide roll 90 may be swung around the axis'of the drill spindle and may thus be adapted to engage the opposite side of the work or to engage the same side of the piece of 'work,when the latter is clamped in the opposite way as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3.

The lever 93 of the spindle 97 is loaded with a weight and also provided with a hook '92 by means of which it may be clamped to the hand wheel 91 as will be readily understood on reference to Fig. 10.

. 45 pointing urement in relation to opposite position to that shown in Fig. 10 if the piece of work is clamped in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, in which case the guide roll 90 may be required to engage the opposite side of the work. The wei ht of the lever 93 will always hold the guide roll if the piece of work is, not quite straight, the weighted lever 93 will cause the hand wheel 91 to turn and with it the shaft 97, so that the slide 10 and with it the whole drilling mechanism will be correspondingly adjusted by means of the gear 100 cooperating with the rack' 96. Thus the distance of the center of the drill from the edge of the work will always be kept constant.

The operation of the machine will now be described The rail 39 is first fitted outside the machine with all the stops 9, necessary for drilling a complete piece of work as shown at Fig.13,the stops 9 being clamped by means of their sleeves 95 with the fingers downwardly, the proper distance apart to secure the holes be-in bored at the required distances apart (Flg. 14). A second rail is then laid next to the one which has been prepared, the fingers of the same being in a certain predetermined relation to those of the first rail. When the second rail has been adjusted, the first one may be turned over 180 so as to bring its fingers 45 opposite those of the second rail (gshown in dotted lines in Fig. 14) when the istance apart of the two sets of fingers can be easily and accurately controlled by measeach other. This method is repeated for the third and follow ing rails z. e. rows of holes. Thus a complete representation of the whole location of the various rivet or other holes is obtained. It can be seen at a glance how many holes occur in one and the same cross section of the most complicated bridge girder work, which is of great importance. The whole work can be controlled by the foreman and he will be sure that the holes will be bored in accordance with the stops on the various rails. Then'the rail 1) is attached to 0. 'so that the fingers 45 point vertically ownward. The works the table wand the standards 0 are adjusted on the bed I) so that the drill spindle 12 of the drilling mechanism is properly adjusted over the work. The guide roll 90 for the work is then adjusted to distance at which the holes are to be bored from the edge of the angle iron or other Work and the slide l0 with the drill spindle is adjusted by means of the hand wheel 91, so that the drill will enter the work at the exact position required. The hand wheel 21 1s now coupled to the loaded lever 93 by.

means of the hook 92 and its butterfly-nut, so that the guide roll 90 will against the edge of the work and is then clamped to correspond to the automatically the carriage I under the influence of the 'levers 44 and 42 the follow the back edge of the angle iron and will thus automatically determine the proper distance of the holes from the web. It is now only necessary for the attendant to start the machine; the shaft 7. commences to rotate and the drilling mechanism m will drill all the holes in the work 01:, which have been predetermined by the position of the stops f] on the roll p. The rotation of the shaft sets the drill. spindles 12 running and at the same time operates the belt driving gear 35, 34, 33, the two shafts 32, 31, the worm wheel 29 and the gearing of the same 28, 26 and to gradually lower the said spindle 12, since the gear 25 engages the rack .18 and the drill spindle is so connected thatit must follow the movement of this rack and of the sleeve 17 in a vertical direction, while the drill spindle is performing this work. The centering bolt 43fis in the position shown in Fig. 1 in which it embraces the finger of the first stop 9. When the drill has finished the hole inthe work corresponding to the first stop (I and has reached its lowest position, the rod 22 (Fig. 11.) connected to the drill spindle 12 strikes the bell crank lever 36 and moves its hook from underneath the projection 37 of the supporting lever 38, so that the lever 38 and with it the shaft of the worm 29 will swing downwardly spring 39. Thus the worm 29 will be disengaged from the worm wheel 28 and the rotation of the gear 25 will be interrupted. The drill spindle will consequentlycease its downward movement and the gears 28, 26 and 25 will be disengaged, so that the drill spindle may be raised toits initial position by the action of the spring 24 on the rod 22. The downward movement ofthe lever 38 also causes the shaft 41 to rock by means of the rod 40, Fig. 11, so that owing to the connection of this shaft to the bolt 43 by means of the bolt is drawn downwardly. The bolt 43 thus releases the finger 45 of the first stop 9 and is in the position illustrated in Fig. 7. As the bolt 43 descends I the tappet 47 strikes the lever 48 and causes the bell crank lever 49 to swing on its pivot, so that the rod 50 will pull the clutch 51 into the position shown in Fig. 9, and the shaft k will now rotate the shaft 57 by means of the wheels 52, 54, 55 and 56 (Fig. 6). The gear 58 will be turned with the shaft 57 andengages the rack 59 (Fig. 3) of the carriage cl so that the whole drilling mechanism will be moved along the carriage cl to the right (Fig. 1). This movement continues auto-. matically until the centering bolt 43 has passed under the finger 45 of the second step q. When the bolt 43 moves downward, the tappet 63 engages one end of the lever 64 but not until the tappet 47 has started the lateral movement of the drilling mechanism along the carriage d (Figs. 7 and 9). The

- 45 and since the efiect of the tappet 63 operating the lever 64 is to raise the lever 69, which now assumes the position illustrated in Fig. 7 and on the movement of the carriage strikes the lug 71 of the stop g. This causes the lever 69 and with it the shaft 67 turned so that the angle lever 74 of the supporting lever 76 and with it the shaft of the worm 78 (Fig. 8) will be raised. This causes the worm 78 to engage the worm wheel 82 and since the worm 78 is rotated from the shaft is by the belt gearing 81 (Fig. 4), this mechanism acts to raise the bolt 43 by means of the gear 83 and rack 84 (Fig. 9). When the supporting lever 76 and the Worm 78 are raised, the projection of the supporting lever passes over the hook of the lever 85 so that the worm 78 is supported in proper engagement with the worm wheel. During the upward movement of the bolt 43 the tappet 86 of the same strikes the upper end of the inwardly turned lever 85 swingmg the same on its pivot, whereby its lower end is swung and releases the lever 76 and the spring 87 forces the worm 7 8 downwardly out of engagement with its worm wheel, of the 'bolt 43 ceases. As the bolt commenced its upward movement, the tappet 63 releases the lever 64 so that the lever 69 descends during the upward movement of the bolt, so that on the next following drilling operation, this lever will be out of the way of the lug 71 on the stop 9. At the upward movement of the bolt 43, the tappet 47 releases the lever 48 so that the spring operates the angle lever 49 to cause the rod 50 and simultaneously also the coupling clutch 51 to return to its central position between the two gears 52 and 53 (Fig. 9). This movement of the coupling 51 has the effect of pping the movement of the drilling mech- (i and since the stop-- anism on the carriage page of this movement depends on the lever 69 striking the lug 71 of the stop g, which is now operative, the drilling mechanism will have its proper position on the carriage d as this position is determined by the stop 9. Thus, as moves upwardly, it will slide over the finger diameter ofthis finger corresponds exactly to the smaller diameter of the oval orifice in the centering bolt, the whole drilling mechanism will be accurately adjusted as regards the stop. As soon as the bolt 43 has attained its highest position, it

will have brought the worm 29 into engagement with the worm wheel 28 by means of the lever system 42, 44, 41 and 40, so that as the drill spindle now recommences to rotate, a downward movement of the same may also take place; Thus, the second hole will now be bored, its position being determined by the second stop g. The above described operation will of course be repeated at the the centering bolt 43 and the lever 72 to be edge of the work even if the latter is curved third aiid other stops until the machine has moved far enough to bring the lever 60 (Fig. 9) against the stop 62 of the rail go. When the lever 60 strikes the stop 62 it will be swung around and will act to throw the coupling clutch 51 into its inoperative position 'so that the lateral movement of the drilling mechanism m will be properly limited. The stops 62 might be mounted on a special rail, if desirable.

As already mentioned, all the gears on the shaft is, by means of which the various mechanisms derive their movement from the shaft, are axially movable on the same. Since the coupling clutch 51 is also in engagement when the boring mechanism is moved along the carriage d, the said clutch will follow the movement of the machine exactly without being disengaged by such movement.

As illustrated in Fig. 1, several mechanisms may be mounted on the carriage d which may be arrangedsimilar to the (lIlll- 'ing mechanism hereinbefore described, and whichmay operate quite independently of each other on one and the same piece of work, so that the capacity of the machine will be very considerably increased.

The guide roll 90 presses against the bacl of the angle iron (Fig. 3) and follows this or not quite accurately straight. Since, as will be seen from the above explanation, the drill spindle 12 is accurately adjusted as regardsthe roll 90, this latter roll will have the effect of accurately controlling the position of each of the holes relatively to the edge of the work. It will be readily understood that this guide roll 90 could be made to run alon the edge ofany kind "of work,

such as gir ers, U-iron and the like.- After all the. holes have been properly drilled in I coupling clutch 51- into its. inoperative posithe piece of work, each drilling mechanism,

2'. e., the lateral movementv of the same", will stop automatically and this was eflected, as

already described, by the aid of the stop 62'" and the lever 60, which act to throw the tion. A further efi'ect of this action is that by means of the rod 5O, of the angle lever 49 and the pawl 48, the bolt 43 was slightly raised. This short upward movement of the bolt 43 causes the tappet 63 to release the lever 64 "so that the lever 69 could be drawn down by means of the spring 70 and opposite direction 11. e., to the right, until it 59 on the shaft 57 will be turnedin the opposite direction. This movement of the parts has the effect of moving the whole drilling mechanism m along the carriage (Z until it has regained its initial position, in which the lever will again engage with its original stop 62 in order to move the clutch 51 into its inoperative position. Thus it will be seen that each drilling mechanism will work along the space between two stops 62 so that each of these latter stops represents the end of the work of one drilling mechanism and commencement of that of the next with the exception of the two end stops, one of which effects the commencement of the drilling operation and the other the completion of the same. 'When all the drilling mechanisms have finished their workon the metal and have returned to their initial positions, the piece of angle iron .22 is taken out of the machine andother work substituted therefor, as will be readily understood. When the pieces of work are to be drilled in the same manner, the rail 72 remains clamped in the machine. The standards a are moved backward on the machine bed I) so that the drill spindles 12 and with them, of course,'the drills are caused to move for the time being above the center of the table a. The plates z, &c., are then placed on the table a (Fig. 13) and the stops (1 are correctly adjusted, whereupon the drilling mechanisms are again set in motion and the whole operations are repeated until all the plates have been properly drilled.

If instead of the plates y 2, &c.,-a strip of flat iron is'to be drilled, this latter is properly screwed down on to the table a, it will be readily understood that several sorts of rolled metal, as for instance, girders, U-iron, &c., may be properly adjusted on the table and automatically drilled, with which object in view the carriage d is also adjustable vertically on the standards 0.

By means of the present machine and its mode of operation, it will be readily understood that the holes of the various work of the'constructions 'to be attained will necessarily all fit exactly over each other, so that there will be no necessity of adjusting them by subsequent drilling or the like, which constitutes a great advantage. the rod out of the path of movement 4 of the lug 71 (Fig. 7.) The bolt 43 is retem, that the rails 12 of the machine canbe fitted u outside the machine, so that the latter wor s uninterruptedly, which also efiects great economy. The interchangeability of the rails and the adjustment of the whole mechanism is so sim le that it may be combined with the changing of the piece of work, thus avoiding'loss of time. Instead of the second drilling mechanism illustrated It is a great advantage of the present sysvertically and vertically and said tool.

in Fig. 1 a single one might, of course, be employed or several more could also be arranged. It is, of course, instead of the drilling device, punching or stamping mechanism might be employed. Instead of allowing the drilling machine to travel along the main driving shaft, this mechanism could be arranged stationary and the centering bolts could be mounted on the table, to which the piece of work is attached. In this case, the work table would have to be movable, similar mechanism being employed to cooperate with the stops 9 to stop the table at the desired position.

I claim as my invention 1. In a machine of the class specified, a vertically and horizontallyadjustable carriage and a rail withvadjustable stops detachably mounted on the same, a machine tool mounted to travel along the said carriage, means for automatically stopping an starting the working of the said tool, means for automatically stepwise moving the said tool from one oft-he said stops to the next between the periods of working and means forl supporting the work beneath the said too 2. In a machine of the classspecified, a vertically and horizontally adjustable carriage and a rail with adjustable stops detachably mounted on the same, a machine tool mounted to travel along the said carriage, means for automatically stopping and starting the working of the said tool, means for automatically stepwise moving the said tool from one of the said stops to the next between the periods of working, means for automatically returning position after it has passed a certain predetermined number of the said stops and means forl supporting the work beneath the said too.

3. In a machine of the class specified, a

horizontally adjustable carria-ge and a rail with adjustable stops tachably mounted on the same, a machine tool mounted to travel along the said carriage, means for automatically stopping. and

' starting the working of the said tool, means for automatically stepwise moving the said tool from one of the said stops to the next between the periods of working, means for automatically controlling the distance of the point of application of the tool to the work, from one edge of the piece of work and means for supporting the work beneath the 4. In a machine of the class specified, a

horizontally adjustable carriage and a rail with adjustable stops detachably mounted on the same, a machine tool mounted to travel alon the said carriage, means for automatically stopping and starting the working of the said tool, means for automatically stepwise moving the said self-evident that the tool to its initial.

work from one edge of the piece of the work the said tool.

In a machine of the class specified, a vertically and horizontally adjustable carriage and a rail with adjustable stops detachably mounted on the same, a machine tool mounted to travel along the said carriage, means for automatically stopping and starting the Working of the said tool, a vertically downwardly extending finger on each of said stops, a vertically guided centering bolt to move with the tool, means for raising the same to engage over the said stop-finger after the tool has been stepwise moved an before it commences to operate on the work, means for automatically moving the said tool from one of the said stops to the next and means for supporting the work beneath it.

. 6. In a machine of the class specified, a vertically and horizontally adjustable carriage and a rail with adjustable stops detachably mounted on the same, a machine tool mounted to travel along the said carriage, means for automatically stopping and starting the working of the said tool, a verot'said stops, a vertically guided centering the same to engage over the said stop-finger after the tool has been stepwise moved an before it commences to o erate on the work, means for'automatically isengaging the said centering bolt from the said finger after the work has been finished, means for auto-' matically moving the said tool from one of the said stops to the next and means for supporting the work beneath it.

7. In a machine of the class specified, a vertically and horizontally adjustable carriage, and'a rail with adjustable stops detachably mounted on the same, a machine tool having a frame mounted to slide along said carriage, and also movable to and from ,the said carriage, meansfor automatically stopping .said tool frame at each of the said stops consecutively, means for automatically starting the tool to work after each stoppage, and for automatically stopping it at the completion of the work, means for intermittently moving the said tool frame from one stop to the next between the workingperiods, adjustable means for positively controlling the distance of the said tool'frame from the longitudinal edge of the work and means for supporting the work beneath the said tool frame.

8. In a machine of the class specified, a

tically downwardly extending finger on each I a and means for supporting the work beneath bolt to move with the tool, means for raising finger on each of the said stops,

vertically and horizontally adjustable carriage, and a rail with adjustable stops detachably mounted on the same, a machine tool having a frame mounted to slide along said carriage, and also movable to andfrom the said carriage, a downwardly projecting finger on each of the said stops, a yertically movable centering bolt mounted on said tool frame means for automatically stopping the said tool frame at each of the stops consecutively, 'means for automatically raising the said centering bolt to engage the said stop-finger after each stoppage of the said tool frame and means operated by the vertical movement of the said centering bolt to start the operation of the toolafter, the said bolt has properly engaged the said stop finger. I

9. In a machine of the class specified, a vertically and horizontally adjustable carriage, and a rail with a justable stops detachably mounted on the same, a machine tool having a frame mounted to slide along said carriage, and alsomovable to and from the said carriage, a downwardly projecting a vertically movable centering bolt mounted on said tool frame, means for automatically stopping the said tool frame at each of the stops consecutively, means for automatically raising the said centering bolt to engage the said stop-finger after each stoppage of the said tool frame, means operated by the vertical movement of the said centering bolt to start the operation of the tool after the said bolt has engaged the said finger and means 0pcrated by the descending tool to stop the said tool automatically after the completion of its work.

10. In a machine of the class specified, a

vertically and horizontally adjustable carriage, and a rail with adjustable stops detachably mounted on the same, a machine tool having a frame mounted to slide along said carriage, and also movable t0 and from the said carriage, a downwardly projecting finger on each of the said stops, a vertically movable centering bolt mounted on said tool frame, means for automatically stopping the said tool frame at each of the stops consecutively, means for automatically raising the said centering bolt-to engage the said stop-finger after each stoppage of the said tool frame and means operated by the vertical movement of the said centering bolt to start the operation of the tool after the said bolt has properly engaged the said stop finger, and to initiate the movement of the said tool frame along the carriage after the tool has completed its work.

11. In a machine of the class specified, a

.vertically and horizontally adjustable carriage, and a rail with adjustable stops detachably mounted on the same, a machine tool having a framemounted to slide along said carriage, and also movable to and from the said carriage, meansfor automatically stopping said tool frame at each of the said stops consecutively, means for automatically starting the tool to work after each stoppage, and for automatically stopping it at the completion of the work, means for intermittently moving the said tool frame from one stop to the next between the working periods, means mounted on the said stop rail and cooperating means mounted on the tool frame to stop the said tool frame and return it to its initial position after it has passed a certain predetermined number of stops.

vertically and horizontally adjustable carriage and\a rail with adjustable stops detac ably mounted on the same, a machine tool mounted to travel along the said carriage, means for automatically stopping and starting the workingof the said tool, means for automatically stepwise moving the said tool from one of the said stops to the next between the periods'of working, a driven shaft mounted on the said carriage and 12. In a machine of the class specified, a

means for operating all the said automatic devices from the same.

In testimony whereof I have afiixedmy signature in the presence of two wltnesses.

Witnesses:

HUGO P. PREPPA, AUeUs'r KoLAssA.

ANTON KoLAssa, I 

